Here are The Messy Apron summer fruit dessert recipes to enjoy all season long.
Apricot and Raspberry Tart with Crumble Topping
This tart is a near-perfect blend of plump apricots, delicate raspberries and an almond-infused crust and topping. If you love fruit for dessert, you may never settle for a simple fruit salad again.
Apricot Strawberry Tart
A simple and rustic tart combining strawberries and apricots in a crumbly whole wheat and almond crust.
Berry and Rhubarb Galette
A simple, rustic, delicious berry pie. Use whatever ripe berries you have and leave out the rhubarb if it's unavailable.
Blueberry Coffee Cake with Brown Sugar Crumble Topping
A simple and easy coffee cake that scented with lemon and studded with blueberries.
Blueberry Muffin Coffee Cake with Crumb Topping
An easy cake that's basically a blueberry muffin batter baked in a pan. The crumb topping is a nice, crunchy, sweet addition.
Cherry Almond Loaf Cake
A cherry-and-almond loaded cake that's simple to make.
Cherry Clafouti
A cakey, custardy clafouti is a relatively quick and easy way to feature fresh fruit like cherries at their peak.
Cherry Plum Crisp
Baked cherries and plums with a crunchy crumb topping: what a way to celebrate summer fruit. Top it with a dollop of vanilla ice cream and it's happiness in a bowl (or on a plate if you prefer).
Cold Sweet Cherry Soup
A refreshing puree of cherries, yogurt and spices, this dessert doesn't required you to heat up the kitchen.
Open Face Blueberry Pie
A super-fresh tasting pie to feature the best blueberries
Plum and Grape Galette with Almonds
A delicious rustic tart. Make it with the best plums and grapes you can find for a special late summer treat.
Plum Upside Down Yogurt Cake
Perfectly ripe summer plums in buttery brown sugar top this moist and delicious cake. Just a touch of rum brings up the flavors a notch, but each bite of juicy plum lets you know who is the real star of the show.
Sweet Melon Soup with Mint and Midori
This easy melon puree flavored with mint and melon liqueur is delicious and refreshing way to enjoy late summer melons. I recommend honeydew or Galia melons, whose colors are complemented by the bright green Midori.
Triple Ginger Peach Shortcakes
Who says shortcakes are just for strawberries? These are spiked with ground and crystallized ginger and served with a fresh ginger-infused, chunky peach sauce.
White Cake with Berries and Lemon Glaze
This is a simple white cake recipe that can be enhanced as desired with your favorite berries. A simple lemon glaze sweetens things up even more.
Cherry Plum Crisp
Baked cherries and plums with a crunchy crumb topping: what a way to celebrate summer fruit. Top it with a dollop of vanilla ice cream and it's happiness in a bowl (or on a plate if you prefer).
Cold Sweet Cherry Soup
A refreshing puree of cherries, yogurt and spices, this dessert doesn't required you to heat up the kitchen.
Open Face Blueberry Pie
A super-fresh tasting pie to feature the best blueberries
Plum and Grape Galette with Almonds
A delicious rustic tart. Make it with the best plums and grapes you can find for a special late summer treat.
Plum Upside Down Yogurt Cake
Perfectly ripe summer plums in buttery brown sugar top this moist and delicious cake. Just a touch of rum brings up the flavors a notch, but each bite of juicy plum lets you know who is the real star of the show.
Sweet Melon Soup with Mint and Midori
This easy melon puree flavored with mint and melon liqueur is delicious and refreshing way to enjoy late summer melons. I recommend honeydew or Galia melons, whose colors are complemented by the bright green Midori.
Triple Ginger Peach Shortcakes
Who says shortcakes are just for strawberries? These are spiked with ground and crystallized ginger and served with a fresh ginger-infused, chunky peach sauce.
White Cake with Berries and Lemon Glaze
This is a simple white cake recipe that can be enhanced as desired with your favorite berries. A simple lemon glaze sweetens things up even more.
And don't forget that rhubarb can be available all summer long, especially if there's a plant or three in your yard:
Rhubarb Yogurt Cake
Rhubarb Compote with Brown Sugar and Vanilla Bean
Rhubarb Custard Bars
Rhubarb Custard Pie
Rhubarb Ginger Galette
Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp with Graham Cracker Topping
Strawberry Rhubarb Fool and Strawberry Rhubarb Frozen Fool
